Pocket ticket-holder



(No Model.)

W. E. GORMAN. POGKBT TICKET HOLDER.

Patented Sept. 1, 189,1;

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM E. GORMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

POCKET TICKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,786, dated September 1, 1891.

Application filed April 18, 1891. Serial No. 388,686. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GORMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Ticket Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Theinvention relates to an improved ticketholder adapted to contain car, ferry, and other tickets, and to permit the ready removal of the same when desired.

The invention consists of two plates hinged together at one edge and carrying between them an independent revoluble spindle upon which the tickets in long strips are rolled, one end of the strip being secured to said spindle and the other projecting through a slot in one of said plates in convenient position to permit the tickets to be detached at will. The said plates have-a spring action toward each other, and hence closely follow the surface of the roll of tickets as the latter is reduced from time to time during the use of the device.

The particular nature and construction of the invention will be more fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of the ticket-holder and illustrates the manner of detaching one of the tickets therefrom. Fig. 2 is a view of the holder with one of the'plates detached in order to disclose the interior strip of tickets, the hinge connecting the plates being partly in section for the purpose of disclosing the spring by which said plates are given a tension toward each other. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of same on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detached plan view of the spindle and supporting devices for carrying the strip of tickets.

In the accompanying drawings, A B re spectively designate two plates of suitable dimensions connected together at one end by ahinge C, the pin D of which is encompassed bya coiled spring E, which operates to create in the plates A B a spring-tension toward each other. The plates A B are provided at opposite edges with the flanges F, which opcrate to stay the outer edges of the roll G of tickets, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The flanges F preserve the roll G in its regular outline and prevent the shifting of any of the outer layers thereof, and at the same time the flanges F, connected with the plate A, serve as guides for the end of the strip of tickets moving toward and through the slot I-I, formed in said plate. The plates AB are also provided with the edge flanges I, between which and the flanges F are formed channels or pockets to receive the arms J J, carrying the spindle K. The grooves or channels formed between the flanges F I come into use more particularly when the roll G of tickets is very small or absent altogether, at which time the plates A B would come into contact with each other, leaving the arms J inclosed in said channels. The flanges F I are also provided with the recesses L to receive the ends of the spindle K when said plates A B are in close contact with each other. The arms J J are pivotally secured in lugs M on the hinge C, as illustrated more clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, and carry at their outer ends the revoluble spindle K, having a knob N atits outer end and provided between the arms J J with the slot 0, which receives the end of the strip of tickets G preparatory to the winding of said tickets into the form of a roll upon said spindle. The arms J J hang loosely in the lugs M and are not affected by the action of the spring E.

In the employment of the ticket-holder after which said spindle is revolved by means of the knob N, and said strip thereby rolled upon it, as illustrated in Fig. 33, leaving the outer end of the strip projecting slightly beyond the slot H. As the roll G increases in thickness, due to the winding of the strip of tickets upon the spindle K, the plates A B will gradually be forced outward from each other; but by reason of the spring E said plates A B will preserve their contact with the roll G and retain it in compact form.

I do not limit the invention to the character of tickets carried by the ticket-holder, nor to the size of the parts of the said holder.

The manner of detaching the railroad or ferry ticket from the holder is illustrated in Fig. l, in which the hands'are represented as in the act of detaching one elevated railroad ticket from the strip wound upon the spindle K.

The holder constructed as above described is simple in construction, and is neat, durable, and capable of being readily carried in the pocket without inconvenience.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The ticket-holderconsisting of the hinged plates A 13, having a spring-tension toward each other, combined with the revoluble spindle K, supported between said plates A B and adapted to carry the roll G of tickets, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The ticket-holder consisting of the hinged plates A B, combined with the spring E, arms J J, and revoluble spindle K, adapted to receive the roll G of tickets, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The ticket-holder consisting of the hinged plates A B, having a spring-tension toward each other and provided with the flanges F, combined with the arms J J and revoluble slotted spindle K, adapted to receive the roll G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The ticket-holder consisting of the hinge d plates A B, the former having the slot H, combined With the arms J J, lugs M, and slotted revoluble spindle K, adapted to receive the -roll G of tickets, substantially as and for the 

